Friday, April 08, 2016

Wyrds of Power: New Language for A New Reality

Richard Power's Primal Reality series constitutes a significant
contribution to the emerging global wisdom tradition of the 21st
Century. Power delivered this presentation at the San Francisco
Theosophical Society on March 18th, 2016 to mark the release of
"Cauldron Yoga, Gaian Poetics and the Way of the Future," the fifth and
final book in the series, (The video embedded below is also available
via the Spoken Words of Power You Tube Channel.)

In the talk, Power explores the overarching themes
that frame this series of books:

The evolution of yoga and the yoga of evolution.

A Tantric vision of birth, death and transformation, in which human
incarnation is experienced as divine revelation.

The ascendancy of the feminine in psyche (human and divine).

The poetics of our intimate, creative relationship with the vast
planetary intelligence within which we live, move and have our being.

A call to the great shift required if our species is to evolve,
i.e., the great shift to a green global civilization.

In the course of the talk, Power reads excerpts from each of the five
books. His "Epiphanies." Existential. Somatic. Reality-based.
Experiential. New language for perennial truths. Dispatches from the
Ancient Future. An inventory of open secrets. A compass for the pathless
path.

This blog now focuses on exploring new language for the truths of the ancient future, and reflects insights into Vajrayana Buddha Dharma, Kashmir Shiva-Sakti philosophy, Hatha and Tantra Yoga, the Shamanic path, and other aspects of the world's collective mystical heritage. It also offers commentary on art, music, literature, human rights, sustainability, independent journalism, economic justice and the Climate Crisis.

For much of his life, Power worked in the fields of security and intelligence. He delivered briefings and led training in forty countries, and was an adviser to governments and corporations. His views have been featured in interviews on CNN, PBS, NPR and the BBC, and quoted in mainstream news media, including Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Reuters and Associated Press.